Mr Shabu Shabu - Acton

This restaurant is quite average. The shabu shabu concept is interesting, but the food and service are just okay. It's a bit challenging to eat rice from the small square bowl, and the portions are so small that they don't leave you feeling satisfied.

My love of shabu shabu is no secret, but on this particular visit, a friend and I indulged in dessert there after our reliably delicious beef shabu shabu. There are three icecream flavours on the dessert menu – green tea, black sesame and red bean – all traditional Japanese dessert flavours. I picked the black sesame and my friend tried the red bean flavour. The scoops were $3.80 each and came out in a side dish-sized bowl, with one reasonably sized scoop inside. The black sesame scoop was a not-completely-appealing grey colour, but had a really fascinating savoury taste. The icecream was very creamy and at first that hid the sesame flavour, which made an appearance on the back palate at the end of the mouthful. The more I ate, the clearer the flavour became, and whilst it wasn’t as sweet as I expected, my friend preferred that to the sweeter red bean flavour. I tried a bite of the red bean, and actually thought it worked better, the sweet flavour pairing well with the creaminess. The verdict? Japanese icecream flavours are an adventure, definitely worth a try with varying sweet-savoury options!

I love this place. Every time I visit I leave impressed and satisfied. The sashimi noodle dish is a work of art. So to the shabu shubus. All kinds of other things.

This restaurant has everything you need for a fantastic Japanese meal! The prices are great, the sashimi portions are generous, they offer individual hot pots, and the service is quick. I have been back multiple times and will continue to do so.

One of the nice dinning options around ANU, I recommend beef shabu shabu, the marbled beef slices tastes really tender and flavorful. Good portion of sashimi set also.